“The University of Edinburgh's Peace Agreement Database and Dataset recorded four agreements related to the Gaza ceasefire process in 2025. (...) These agreements addressed things such as the exchange of hostages and prisoners, and created a transitional authority for the Gaza Strip. But they did not build the machinery that decides what counts as a breach, who adjudicates in case of disputes and how the process resumes once a breach has been found.”
Donald Trump's Board of Peace published (…)

While wildfires dominated the headlines this summer, the effects of extreme heat and drought are also visible on a much smaller scale: parched lawns, wilting and browning trees and dry ditches and bogs. These changes may look temporary, but for wildlife they can have consequences that last long after the rain returns.
In some parts of the world, species have evolved to adapt to extreme heat and drought. However in Britain, which has a history of cold winters, cool summers and abundant (…)

Marieme Hélie-Lucas as a young woman.
We learned of Marieme Hélie-Lucas's death on August 9, 2026. Her passing marks the loss of an extraordinary feminist intellectual, organizer, and political activist whose influence extended across continents and generations. For those of us committed to gender equality, secularism, and human rights, her legacy will continue to challenge, inspire, and guide us.
Marieme Hélie-Lucas, born in Algiers in 1939, was an Algerian sociologist, political (…)

Près de 700 000 données fiscales ont été dérobées et mises en vente par des pirates informatiques. Alors que le premier ministre réclame un audit, et l'opposition une commission d'enquête, les syndicats de la direction des finances fulminent face à l'ampleur du désastre.
Pseudonyme : « ZeroBytes ». Motivation : « L'argent et la recherche de pouvoir. » Deux pirates informatiques se présentant comme français ont révélé, mercredi 12 août, avoir mis la main au mois de juin sur des centaines de (…)

Qaem Hosseini was executed in connection with Isfahan's Alikhani Square protest case, amid growing concerns over Iran's use of the death penalty against protesters.
Mizan News Agency, affiliated with Iran's judiciary, reported on Thursday morning, August 20, that Qaem Hosseini, known as “Arian,” had been executed in Isfahan. The judiciary identified him as a “foreign national” but did not disclose his nationality.
According to the official report, Hosseini had been sentenced to death in (…)